Receptacle.



G. P. SCHMIDT.

REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1908.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

' l Beit known that I, GODFREY I?. SCHMIDT,

ceptacles, of which the following is a-speciin Fig. 2. l

use in the construction of cans and has been .port the :ball or handleof the can from the the can with an' inner ear to protect the UNITEDSTATES PATENT oEEioE.

' GODFREY P. SCHMIDT,

voi NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec* 28.*, 1909, Applicationmea August 12, 196s. serial No. 448,110.

To alljwhom "Lt may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at New Yorkcity, in thecountyof yNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Reication, reference being had therein to theaccompanying-drawing.

My invention relates to improvements vin l receptacles and isparticularly adapted for so illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich- Figure 1 is a vertical broken section of a can showinv a splitmember adapted to supoutside of the same. Fig. 2 -is at tion showing thesplitmember. held within a 1 circumferential depression formed intheside of the can, and Fig. 3 is another modification showing the bailheld by the side'of same. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the splitJ member.Fig. 5 is a modification thereof showing a modified fbi-ni of bail, andFig. 6 is a cross section `of the split member shown in Fig.

7 is a Section of an ordinary can formed with an inwardly projecting ear8 adapted to receive the split disk 9 shown in Figs. 4 and 6 which maybe soldered thereto4 as shown at 10. i

11 is the bail or handle ofthe can terminating in the head l2 whichmaybe pressed through the opening 18 in the disk 9 for the purpose ofsecuring the bail or handle to the can.

In the modiiication shown in Fig. 2 the inwardly extending ear ispreferably given an internal circumferential groove 14 to hold the disk9 instead of using solder as shown in Fig. 1. The head 13l of the bailor handle 11 may also be forced downwardly in-the'direction of the stemof the handle for (the purpose of forming a recess to enr gage the edgesof the split disk 9 as shown In the modification shown in Fig. 5 theunderside of the head of the bail is preferably curved as Shown at 16 sothat after the head has been inserted through the opening any tendencyto withdraw the same causes the ends of the tin to curl up as shown aty17, the same being interlocked with tht` curved under face of the head16 thereby securely holding the bail in place.

Various other modiicat'ions may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having described my invention,l what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1'. In a receptacle, a handle provided with ahead, a recess beneath saidhead, said receptacle having slitted portion to receive said head,landthe ends of said slitted portion being adapted to engage said recesswhen said handle is pulled 'from said can.

2. In a receptacle, a handle provided with a head, said receptaclehaving slitted'p'or' tion to receive saidv head, and-an ear -piece o theinside of said receptacle to cover said head. A .t

3. In a receptacle, a handle providedwith a head, a recess beneath saidhead, a slitted member being adapted .to receive said head, r and theends of said shttd portion of said' 8o member being adapted to engagesaid recess when said handle is pulled fromxsaidcainl In testimonywhereof I affixjny signa-turc# in presence of two witnesses. ,l

' l GODFREY P. SCHMIDT;

Witnesses: I

LOUISE ENDERLE, y THOMAS A. HILL.

